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What do we mean by the term “canon”? How did people know/decide which books belonged in the Bible? |
- Reed/measuring stick- How we know: Scribes who copied the biblical texts believed they were the word of God… thus them preserving the scribes. |
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Identify the different Theories of Inspiration. What do evangelicals mean when they use the term “plenary verbal inspiration”? |
Neo-orthodoxy- Dictation Theory Limited Inspiration Theory- Plenary Verbal Inspiration Theory Plenary Verbal Inspiration when used by evangelical means; they believe the Holy Spirit interacted w/biblical authors.- |
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What are the implications of plenary verbal inspiration? |
Implications would be: Biblical writers were guided by God, &later recorded His words. The Lord also gave them freedom to write according to their distinct styles &personalities. |
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Describe the process by which those who copied the Scriptures passed them down to us. Name and briefly describe the significance of the major manuscripts we have. |
Copiesof the Bible were preserved &treated w/Great care. Later, eventually passedon -preserved by Musoretes |
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What do Bible interpreters mean by theexpressions “grammatical historical interpretation”? Why is it important to usegood guidelines for interpretation? How many of those guidelines can you use:- Targums, Pentateuch, Torah, Masoretic. |
Targum: writings on OT Torah: Laws revealed to Moses Pentateuch: first 5 books of OT Masoretic: OG Hebrew/Aramaic Text ` |